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Intermediate II Software Developer - Artificial Intelligence

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Who we are:

For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It’s a place where you can genuinely make an impact – and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.

We encourage you to apply if your qualifications and experience are a good fit for any of our openings.

Your role:

As an Intermediate II Developer you will be building artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for Global Relay’s customers. Our solutions are developed by small, focused agile teams of developers and data scientists. You will contribute to the building of machine learning solutions and other infrastructure components that will be used on very large electronic communication archives in order to classify and understand communication content. You'll have the opportunity to work in machine translation, transcription, natural language processing, LLMs (large language models), and/or generative AI. You also get to tackle interesting and engaging problems related to scalability and high availability in big data environments.

This is an opportunity to work alongside some of the best software developers in Vancouver and apply your craft in an environment that encourages creative thinking and collaboration.

Your job: 

  • Work as part of an Agile development team to write Python code
  • Document code and write detailed design documents
  • Work with other developers and data scientists in the deployment of machine learning models, large language models, and other infrastructure components
  • Design, in collaboration with team, the software implementations that satisfy business requirements
  • Design, in collaboration with the architecture team, the system architectures that satisfy business requirements
  • Write unit and integration tests for your code
  • Collaborate with testers in development of test cases
  • Develop deployment systems for Python based systems
  • Collaborate with product owners on user story generation and refinement
  • Participate in knowledge sharing activities with colleagues
  • Monitor and support operation of production systems
  • Mentor teammates via pairing, design review, and code review

About you:

  • 5-7 years of software development experience, shipping enterprise grade software in an Agile environment, ideally in Python (or comparable experience in other languages with a willingness to move to Python) 
  • Experience working with microservices
  • Experience with web services technology such as REST, JSON, or Thrift
  • Solid knowledge of software development principles, data structures, and design patterns
  • Experience with multi-threaded programming and asynchronous programming 
  • Experience with unit testing and Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
  • Experience mentoring Junior developers
  • Experience with any of the following is considered an asset:
    • C++, Bash
    • MLflow, Kubernetes, Docker, Milvus

Compensation:

Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbia’s pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise, skills, education, and professional background. 

The range below reflects the expected annual base salary, which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy, culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees' work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program, including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days, which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include: Paid sick days, maternity/parental enhancement program, corporate bonuses, and an RRSP contribution matching program. 

For Vancouver-based employees, we provide a subsidized meal program, courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

British Columbia - Base Salary Range:

$85,000 - $100,000 CAD

What you can expect:

At Global Relay, there’s no ceiling to what you can achieve. It’s the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You’ll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you’ll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

We understand flexible work arrangements are important, and we encourage that in our work culture. Whether it’s flexibility around work hours, workstyle, or lifestyle, we want to ensure our employees have a healthy work/life balance. We support and value a hybrid work model that blends collaboration with the team in the office and focus time from the comfort of your home.

To learn more about our business, culture, and community involvement, visit www.globalrelay.com.

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